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The number of graduate vacancies rose in last year's recruitment season for the first time since the recession started to bite, according to the Association of Graduate Recruiters (AGR).Despite a slow start to the recruitment year 2009/2010, leading to initially pessimistic forecasts, employers r...

After taking a short breather in the previous month, consumer sentiment continued its upward trend in January 2011. The propensity to buy improved significantly, while economic expectations remained high. By contrast, income expectations declined slightly from the high level previously recorded....

The latest quarterly edition of the European Restructuring Monitor (ERM) published by the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Eurofound) shows that while the European Union (EU) technically emerged from the recession eighteen months ago, growth continues to b...

The 'Flash France Composite Output Index' published today by economic research firm Markit, based on around 85% of normal monthly survey replies, indicated an acceleration in growth of French private sector output during January. The headline index rose to a four-month high of 56.9 from 56.3 in D...

New research by the Federal Agency for Labour (BA) reveals that due to the ageing population the number of people in Germany who are able to carry out work will be reduced by -6.5 million by the year 2025.The government agency has produced a so-called 'Ten Points Action Plan' on how to deal with...

The latest data published by the Institute for the Economy and Social Sciences (WSI) reveal that the average salary in Germany rose by +1.8% in 2010. When taking into account consumer price rises of +1.1% during 2010, the real average salary increase amounted by +0.7% in 2010.Sector-by-sector, sa...

New research carried out by recruitment consultancy Badenoch & Clark among more than 1,000 office employees reveals that one in four workers are unhappy in their job and would not recommend their employer while many others are only motivated by spiralling debt.The survey shows that most were...

A new report published by the Women's Institute (Instituto de la Mujer) shows that only 3% of graduate women found their jobs via the government's job centres (SEPE, previously INEM). 48% sent their applications directly to their future employer.47% of female graduates used their contacts, whilst...

In the final quarter of 2010 retaining jobs and creating employment remained a challenge for small firms in Ireland, the Small Firms Association (SFA) Winter Jobs Sentiment Survey showed.SFA Acting Director, Avine McNally, stated "in the past small firms have demonstrated the capacity to cre...

New research, carried out by Human Resources services provider SD Worx among 1,055 small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) reveals that 32% of respondents intend to hire new staff in the first quarter of 2011.Among the larger SMEs (50 to 99 workers) more than three quarters of respondents intend...

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